the toll plaza and at the other hand of the newt eastern span connecting those sections up. harris spokesman andrew gordon. >> off the east deck of the new bridge into oakland. a close black clean surface to start paving starting tonight the demolition. to the ticket could in a temporary bypass connector. >> reporter: making the road nice and smooth. that is not something that happens overnight best way they believe that they will need five days to do this again carried up the road closures when they start running track of the bridge could start as early as 715. if you need to get off the bridge in either direction

unit plans to do with and do it quickly donned carmen kron 4 news. >> pam: continues now. alternatives -- with the tonight. >> reporter: they may plan so that they can get out of time early. there are ready lines to get onto interstate 80 to get over the bay bridge but that is just one of the options. to see all of the cars. these are drivers that have to get on the interstate in a timely fashion because if they do not you would always out in the distance that is the area before you they go to the third traffic and that could happen as soon as 715

this evening. preparing for this. >> crazy i am going to have to dugard tomorrow. >> i do not trust the the new bridge. >> i am going to long beach i am taking a vacation. >> i stay in oakland and is really hard to get back and forth. >> it is with india spirit it eases >> reporter: was at two different locations where you can get on to the bay bridge and they were backed up as well. many of the drivers preparing for this for some time j.r. stone

kron 4 news. >> pam: kron4's justine waldman is at the embarcadero bart station in san francisco. justine? >> reporter: one of the embarkment stations that will be open for 24 hours. as we take a look now at the station that people are filing into for the evening there of 14 stations open 24 hours. kron4 deck, www.kron4.com

>> reporter: even though it is a holiday week and there san that they will try to get here early and others will say, others are seen the state are to is going to stay home. live in san francisco justine waldman kron4 knees. the >>now to a devloping story. >> pam: the yosemite wildfire. it has now grown to 187- thousand acres. and is 23 percent contained. as crews slowly get a handle on it. we are learning more about the devastation. 111 builidings have been damaged by the flames -- 31 of those were homes. thousands more are still threatened. right now -- the fire is at the shores of hetch hetchy. that's the main drinking water source for san franicsco. but at this time -- water quality is *not

impacted. tonight -- we have a crew in yosemite. >> pam: but first -- grant lodes has new pictures coming into the newsroom -- from the frontlines of the firefight. >> reporter:on wednesday, fire officials said that they are making good progress on containing the rim fire.... >> reporter: in addition to preserving and protecting homes is top priority. you see the fire burning on the forest floor but the trees are safe for now. the cabinet being wrapped in metal foil try to protect it. take a different look here for with a fire from the air and as well from the ground. there's fire

fighters are slightly optimistic. >> reporter: already fire crews have built miles of fire breaks and containment lines around the fire. it fire fighters are putting out oil fires along the roadway. the hope we keep the plants grow moving the other self also they're going to close the zero go broke to build with that containment to deal with that containment effort. >> reporter: has been no impact on water quality or

damage at the dam. >> reporter: every moly pirated pipetted airplane to observe the fire in real- time to see how it is spreading and to observe the progress that fire crews are making on containing the fire. charles cliffordin tuolumne county, charels clifford kron 4 news. >> pam: keep it here on kron four -- we'll keep you updated on the rim wildfire. burning at yosemite. you can also visit kron-4 dot-com, where we have a slideshow of the best fire pictures. or you can sign up for breaking news alerts on our new kron4 news app. >> pam: coming up at five. from a dream to reality. >> pam: how a major civil rights milestone was marked in washington. then -- why the sister of an accused kidnapper. says her brother was only trying to save hannah anderson. and, which bay area city is looking to ban whole milk in some places.

>> pam: and -- kron4 is counting down to the shutdown. less than three hours to bay bridge closure. ngll lk at how far the new bridge project has come -- since the loma prieta quake collapsed part of the old one. unbelievable. shhhhh! in our day, we didn't have u-verse high speed internet. yeah, our babysitter didn't have a million ways to serve mom up on a silver platter. we had to count sheep to fall asleep. and i always worried that i was creating an overcrowded sheep farm. in my head... never looked like that farmer took proper care of those sheep. too much? a little. [ male announcer ] connect all your wi-fi-enabled devices with u-verse high speed internet. rethink possible. it's back for a limited time! fire grilled steak and golden all-you-can-eat shrimp for an incredible $9.99! only at sizzler!

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americans gathered on the national today. marking the 50th anniversary of martin luther king's "i have a dream" speech. the day long celebration included an appeal from president obama.asking citizens to become modern day marchers for economic justice and racial harmony. " how he gave my voice to a quiet voice of millions " >> whose legacy continues to inspire countless millions all round the world. >> this march and that speech changed america. they opened the blinds and open heart spirit they moved

millions and, including an seven year-old boy watching all in his home in arkansas. >> catherine: this was the scene 50 years ago today. as martin luther king spoke at the lincoln memorial -- talking about his dream for pleading with americans to come together to wipe out racism and create a land of opportunity. roughly 250- thousand people were there.arriving from all over the country. >> reporter: >> pam: still ahead. picking up the pieces after a bay area grass fire. we have an up close look at the homes destroyed. and we'll hear how one family bareley managed to escape. then. >> catherine: >> pam: why people in the east bay should think twice, when there is a knock at the door. >> pam: and -- kron4 is counting down to the shutdown. less than three hours to bay

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>> pam: fire officials now estimating the damage from a fire in fairfiled at more than a million dollars. it sparked yesterday -- near interstate 80 -- quickly area. in all 12 acres were burned.but as kron4's will tran shows us the extent of the damage does not stop there. >> reporter: the number we learned today was 15. the two homes destroyed side by side. we talk to the personal lives there he went at this place about 350 this afternoon he was calm sleeping with this to one- half year-old daughter and 20 smelt smoky go outside stands in front and sees bush is in front of the home on fire. there was no time he grabbed his two year-old daughter who dropped out his

daughter at his grandmother's place and just watching this home ball up in flames. it looks like they're on a be hears quite some time to make sure they're safe. there are some homes untouched by this. some of the embers landed on top of some homes and that's why these homes were destroyed and many of the others not damaged areas. we do know that the fire started in a grassy area on the other side of the retaining wall speculation startle some of looking out a cigarette butt. and that's from the very latest will try and

kron 4 news way, san jose would become the largest city in america to impose a ban on the sale of soda and other sugary drinks on city-owned property. >> pam: the plan would eliminate such drinks as well as whole milk from vending machines like this one in the parking garage at city hall. the ban would also apply to libraries and community centers where young people tend to congregate. city councilman ash kalra is calling on the city council to adopt his plan, arguing sodas and high-sugar drinks are contributing to rampant obesity and other public >> pam: kalra's plan has come under his colleague's on the council who says the the use of plastic bags and foam containers, risks being called 'ban jose.'

>> pam: hannah anderson's father says he's quitting his job in nashville and moving to >> catherine: san diego. he wants his 16-year-old daughter to stay in familiar surroundings - and be with friends. hannah is the teenager allegedly kidnapped by james dimaggio and later rescued. authorities say dimaggio killed hannah's mother and little brother before abducting her. but now dimaggio's sister is speaking out in his defense.telling cnn that she's not convinced that he's guilty. >> howdy know that he did it? >> there's no evidence at this point. only two bodies that were found on his property. and there's a lot of missing information and holes in the case. i have yet to see any solid evidence. tram believe hanna

got herself and a situation that she could not get herself of spirit and not leave my brother gave his life to protect her. >> catherine: dimaggio was killed by fbi agents in the idaho wilderness. in that same interview, his sister called hannah "trouble".saying she had warned her brother about the teenager. she says she wants to see more evidence from investigators. >> jacqueline: we hit the 80s today but now we're calling back down to the '70s. tonight the fog will return and will be widespread in tents near the coast line. it will clear by the morning and will see temperatures a little bit more more out there for your thursday. 91 in fairfield

with a east through the north bay and south bay to mount. we will continue this warming trend as the head until friday. it will be several degrees warmer with a storm passing to the north. we will not see rain but we will see cloud coverage. >> i am avoiding pact ferry lines and ferry lines and working from home tomorrow. >> i believe is one to be a heavy commute day. >> i usually take its plan to be back ahead to take bart to and from. -you have to deal with it. >> pam: commuters are bracing for

the shutdown.now a little less than 3 hours away. if you haven't made up you mind yet. kron4's maureen kelly explains what some of the public transportation agencies are doing to help make getting around the bay a little more bearable. >> pam: while many drivers used to crossing the bay bridge may turn to some of the spans to get across the bay.bart is expecting that a lot of people will get out of their cars.and take their trains instead. >> reporter:and overnight for almost the entire bay bridge closure. 14 bart stations will be operating 24 hours a day.running hourly trains during the times they are normally closedthose stations include el cerrito del norte, downtown berkeley, walnut creek, oakland's macarthur and coliseum stops, dublin/pleasanton, daly city, powell, embarcadero, and sfo.

>> reporter: assets they will add extra bolts to and fromthe main exception.they have to close down for four hours early tuesday morning.from midnight to 4am. for state mandated train inspections and maintenance work. >> reporter:ac transit will be suspending transbay bus service until the bay bridge is back in business.until then. the spokesman for the san francisco bay ferries expects about a 15% boost in ridership during the shutdown.and says they will add extra boats to and from their oakland, alameda main street, harbor bay, vallejo and san francisco terminals. >> reporter:transit officials suggests that

everyone gives themselves plenty of time to get to where they need to news. >> pam: next. the dictionary gets a needed >> pam: upadte. we'll show you the newly added words -- and what they mean. then -- why you might want to hold the phone. before you trade in your old i-phone -- for the new one. >> pam: and -- kron4 is counting down to the shutdown. less than three hours to bay bridge closure. coming up -- what could happen to the troll -- yes the troll -- that lives under the bay bridge eastern span.

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the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> pam: now at 5:30 counting down to the shutdown of the bay bridge. we are now just three hours this is a live from the bay bridge toll plaza. some of the last drivers making their way across. here is what you need to know. again it start tonight at 8:00-pm. and the closure lasts for five days. the roadway will connected to the new eastern span. if all goes well -- the bridge will reopen by tuesday at 5-am. >> pam: new tonight. grant lodes is here to show us what it took -- to get to this point. >> reporter: it did not happen quickly. it was the loma prieta earthquake that revealed the bay bridge's vulnerability section of the upper span gave way. seismologists say, if the tremor had lasted even a few seconds longer, the damage would have been catastrophic.

>> reporter:despite those warnings, it has taken nearly a quarter=century to produce a solution. >> reporter:july 1933: construction of the bay bridge begins. what backers call a silver necklace across the bay opened three years and four months later. the cost was 78 million dollars, equal to about one point three billion dollars today. the toll was 65 cents each way. two way traffic on the top deck. electric commuter trains on the lower deck. they were removed in 1963 and eastbound traffic took their place. severe damage to the bay bridge. october 17, 1989: the magnitude seven=point=one quake damages the bridge as well as oakland's cypress structure and san francisco's central freeway. >> reporter:one month later, the bridge reopens. but a longer term solution is tougher. the pilings cannot be extended deep enough into the bay mud to stabilize the bridge. the cost of a retrofit, staggering.

>>at $1.3 billion in may be cheaper to build a new span >> reporter:1997, eight years after the quake, governor pete wilson proposes a no=frills skyway. >> reporter: freeway on stilts. the governor responded, if you want frills, you pay for it, and the free=for=all began. special committees, design competitions. everybody had an idea what it was supposed to look like >> reporter:while the old eastern span may be closing for good -- anytime soon. bay bridge officials say it will take around three years to take apart and remove the seismically unsafe span.

>> reporter:it can't be blown up -- because the debris would fall, and pollute the bay. and the old span will have to be removed very carefully due to its proximity to the new span. removing the old span will cost 233-million dollars. happen to the bay bridge troll. here it is -- if you haven't heard about it. the snarling sculpture was placed under the eastern span. while crews completed repairs. after a section collapsed in the loma prieta quake. no permission was given. but it was put up discreetly as a good luck token. to keep the bridge safe. some of the possible options -- it could be moved to museum, or to the new span. >> reporter:, but i was and had gone on with this a revision a plan it would

have been in use about 1995. pam? at >> pam: it cannot be blown up because of the debris will fall into in pollute the bay and the old spanish have to be removed very carefully due to its proximity to the new span removing the old spain will cost about $233 million. >> pam: if you haven't heard about it the smallest cultural splays completely pears after section collapsed. no permission was given but it was touched put up discreetly as a good look token to keep the bridge safe.

catherine? >> pam: >> catherine: president obama says he has not made a decision yet on taking military action against syria. but says he has 'has' concluded that the syrian still reviewing the options retaliation.but promised itthere are growingsyria, meantime - continues strikes could happen within the next few days. from the president. >> catherine: hassan had weapon that himself. >> pam: major nidal hasan has been the 2009 massacre that left 13 people dead. a 13-member penalty. prosecutors had hoped for that -- insisting that death martyr. before the executionhasan had represented defense.and apparently executed.

>> pam: happening right now, in the east bay - police are on the hunt for a man they say is armed and dangerous vallejo police say the suspect is wanted in avasion - the suspect and his partner reportedly posed as pge workers in one incident. as kron four's terisa estacio reports, police are releasing a photo of the will recognize him. >> reporter: police say that during a home invasion he posed as a pg worker to maintain access. they have not discuss what was taken from a home on what weapons were used. he is the are wanted for other crimes including our robbery. and cox have an account police are sitting to be aware of cox. and to contact the police immediately pc him.

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>> pam: >> pam: now for today's market update. the stock market closed slightly higher as investors wait for news on the standoff with syria. here are the numbers. the dow rose 48 points. the nasdaq rose 14 points four points.to 1,634. >> reporter: syria seems to be at the center of this.

well with the u.s. has such pharos street? >> it is the on numb. the syria to turn around and hit israel? we do not know? we have to make a case for it is likely to happen. which group leaders time to hold up behind it. gasoline prices could go higher oil prices could go higher, but it also brings the question of how long does it all on. middle east tension is nothing new but again in dame on known is what the

markets can pull back. >> reporter: we saw this with the telephone companies with at&t and that murder stopped as well. >> was american airlines shares aren't $292 million in profits. so they've restructured their lean and mean. the airline industry is the one really well right now. the justice department is >> reporter: is going to be judged calling connerly called lean >> jim blum may be the winner. jet blue may be the

winner. >> reporter: we talked about but dick iphone trade and. is this a winner or loser? >> loser i think you will get less than what it is worse. iphone is trying to sucker you and to the store and buy more but again what you once you buy your new phone is tough to analyze this one. iphone has the products. i guess it is good because you do get a new iphone in october.

>> reporter: rough >> lee when my kid and i went to school inflation went up 121% our school and business school or both struggling parent 284,000 graduates are making minimum wage right now. the prestige of corn to college is not there anymore unless you are coming out and engineer or a science brett. bread grad. >> immigration has a lot to do with that and that may not play into the college prestige factor. >> reporter: pres

>> catherine: he has concluded the syrian government did such a large scale chemical attack. it is speculated bay air strike could happen very some within the next few days. some members of congress are demanding more affirmation from president. however, and they are insisting that he receives a congressional ok before acting. >> jacqueline: warmer out at the coastline like they lee city and sent to cisco this afternoon. we were cooler away from the coastline but still won in the upper 80s with laces and antioch and

livermore. as we head into the overnight hours the fog will return and the widespread by the 6:00 hour. by 10:00 we will be back torbay shores in calls line so temperatures tomorrow will be little bit warmer. for inland valleys and upper 87 and 0497 plaza 10 and antioch. 70's for the east bay shores at the coast line you will see in the mid to upper 60s with 68 in san francisco in the '80s for the north bay. >> reporter: thanks to elizabeth and merriam taken

from treasure island parrot heather sure some pictures as well she took these from the embarcadero. the bay bridge went global in 1989 the battle of the day. battle of the bay. if you have any pictures that you like to share a i in but we invite g to send them. sabre all >> pam: and -- the countdown to the shutdown. bridge closure. our crews are across the bay area. with everthing you'll need to know. keep it here.

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kron 4 news starts now. >> pam: >> pam: we are two hours from the shutdown of the bay bridge. and the work to finally move to the newer, safer eastern span. >> pam: the five-day closure of the bay bridge will be the longest bridge shutdown since 1989. during the loma prieta earthquake. >> pam: it is our top story. >> pam: here's the latest on the countdown to the shutdown. the california highway patrol will begin rolling lane and ramp closures. beginning at 7:15 tonight. drivers will have to make it to the bridge by then, or be re-routed. for those who took public transportation, a-c transit will *not run past 7:15 tonight either. the last bus that will go across the bay bridge from the transbay terminal. is at 7:05- tonight. bart is picking up the slack.

schedule at several stations to help with the commuter load. let's begin our team coverage on the shutdown of at the toll plaza. >> pam: dan -- what does it look like right now? >> reporter: need to get across this bridge by 715. between 715 and 745 if you are and berkeley or oakland and san francisco. this is what made look like. >> starting from this plane was aiding blocking off the westbound transition leading through the oakland to los southbound and indian art is down 880. closures will be on northbound 80 and was down >> reporter: remember if you

are diverted and need to get across the bay you have to circle the bait and stat. instead circled the bay instead >> reporter: they are going to connect the sections and lay down as spot. asked whatasphaulkt. now the bottom line is to get across this bridge and before 715. dan carmen kron 4 news. >> pam: all right i guess i'm lost him. i guess i am filling in a little sentimental because i made my last drive across the

bridge. >> pam: continuing our team coverage of the bay bridge shutdown. warning from c-h-p? get across the bridge early or find other ways. kron-4's j-r stone is live at 5th and bryant in san francisco. >> pam: j-r -- how is the last- across looking right now? >> reporter: as they step of the way you can look out in the distance and see all of those cars getting on to this on rap. getting on to the bay ran it has been ongoing for this part of the town for at least a few hours. a couple of people that i've spoken with stated that they have left early because it wanted to get over the bridge in a timely fashion. amex spot skelp what is happening this week. >>

>> we are going to miss it, but hey it will be better. >> i do not know of? that is a good question. >> it looks pretty and hopefully it does not fall apart. >> i am trying to get out of here as soon as possible. >> we did not want to take a chance at getting a 7:00 closure. so? >> and death muni will not work and the city friday and saturday will work from home. >> i am excited. >> reporter: certainly some

opinions from all over. here is the line to get on the bay bridge. folks trying to get on the bay bridge in a timely fashion to do what to get on before the hour. >> pam: other transit agencies are picking up the slack during the bay bridge closure. most activity. of all of the agencies. live at the embarcadero bart station in san francisco. and justine -- how heavy is the traffic there? >> reporter: we just receive this new video into the kron

4 news room it is an electronic sign letting commuters now which stations are open during that 24 hour run pure there's 14 of them. the trains will run at once an hour overnight. bart will be packed i did get a chance to speak with some writers. to see how the change would be in their commute. riders. >> i am off friday it, thank god. >> i took two days of knowing that. so i am not concerned. >> i think it will be a little busy in the morning.

i do not know, going home pages have to suffer. >> reporter: along with the electronic signs bart is making announcements notifying commanders of change changes. you should now the writers ship will be expected to be very happy thinking from 30 to 50 in increase in ryder ship. 24 hours from the bay bridge closure you can go to our web site www.kron4.com you get also find on our new app justine waldman kron4 news. >> pam: and stay with kron 4. we'll keep you updated on the the bay bridge.

>> pam: on our website at kron4-dot-com. and our new kron4 mobile app. >> pam: there's a special tile devoted to the latest updates on the bridge. >> pam: now, to the other big story happening now. the yosemite fire. still burning, but there is some optimism tonight. here's the latest. the fire has burned more than 187- thousand acres. and more than 43- thousand acres are burning *inside yosemite national park. now, the good news. >> pam: firefighters say containment is at 23 percent. it continues to increase. and now they have a date where they expect to have full control over it. that day is september 10th. and while the fire has reached the hetch hetchy reservoir, officials with the public utilities commission say the water supply for the bay area has *not been affected.

>> pam: but the pictures of the devastation left by the rim fire are still shocking. here with the best pictures of the day is kron-4's grant lodes. grant? >> reporter: it appears to have turned a corner starting to get an upper hand. the pictures and video remains dramatic at that aerial attack. that is a black child chopper and making a water drop. battling the man fired at the bottom of the yosemite. crumb for it charles clifford has been there all week reporting a brand new

high-tech way of how the fire fighter crews are battling this fire. >> reporter: the aircraft is called in an acute one. launched from victorville california were is flying over providing real-time data to show how the fire is moving again in real time. they can also observe it and measure the progress of those cruise on the ground trying to stop the fire. >> >> reporter: use of this aircraft was approved by the defense. it will then be escorted by a man aircraft

and back to victorville. this is not the first time that has been used for firefighting purposes. also use in 2007 charles clifford kron 4 news. >> pam: you can also visit crime ford that come with a slide show showing the fire. you can sign up for breaking alerts on our new kron 4 mobile act. app. >> jacqueline: for the north bay we will warmer and napa with 91 degrees and at the coastline we saw sixties and sixties and staffers this goal would the '80s down in the south bay. the fog will return and the wide spread.

continue warming into friday accord this weekend. i will have your complete forecast coming up. >> pam: to bring you the closure live to ninth kron4 will be on the air. >> catherine: we are going >> catherine: we are going to talk to one oakland man who was there unbelievable. to talk to one oakland man shhhhh! in our day, we didn't have u-verse high speed internet. yeah, our babysitter didn't have a million ways to serve mom up on a silver platter. we had to count sheep to fall asleep. and i always worried that i was creating an overcrowded sheep farm. in my head... never looked like that farmer took proper care of those sheep. too much? a little. [ male announcer ] connect all your wi-fi-enabled devices with u-verse high speed internet.

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round the bay area as well as public transportation. we talked to people downtown separates this call today to see how they are still going to deal with the all. >> is glenn to be crazy a >> i'm not going into work tomorrow. >> i can't imagine what it will look like >> i guess i will come to work of 530 and set a 7:00 and take the bark. >> is going to be a little tight ill cozy on part of this will be making friends with neighbors. but i'm all for the ride. >> leave early (laughter) >> last time it was a headache it was about two hours to get to work, cell?

it sucks! >> pam: installing the permanent fix for those safety bulls will can be completed without impacting traffic. >> jacqueline: >> jacqueline: you to see some of those cloud cover trolling and over the bay shore is we do have baulked at the immediate coast line but had not impacted the temperatures. we are still in the low 60s and daly city in the upper 60s in san francisco. away from the coastline is warm with a still in the '80s for all our inland valleys and 82. and down and the south bay. we do have restore system storm system passing into as we head into the overnight

hours we will see the fall and into tomorrow. so fog trucker for showing widespread coverage. i will start to live tomorrow into the delta. but it remains intact by the 10:00 hour is back torbay shores. to our bay shores. >> jacqueline: 68 in samper and cisco and '70s and '80s for peninsula and bay shore locations. 75 and hayward and oakland. our inland valleys we will see more upper 80s and 90s with a 90 in antioch and 88 in pleasanton and livermore. we will see temperatures in

the '80s for the most part with 83 in sunnyvale. 85 in los gatos and for the north bay largely in the '80s for thursday. the 54 sonoma. attended lamar toman more and more into friday. but through the weekend we are born to see storm passing and call coverage. >> pam: for the last time kron4 will be live it is o'clock tonight o'clock tonight unbelievable.

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(male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> pam: this is a live picture of the bay bridge and it is our top story tonight. the california highway can't patrol with begins at 715 to nine directors will have to make it to the bridge at that time or will be rerouted. ac transit will not run after 715 either. bart is helping to pick up some of the splat. moving to a 24 hour schedule. kron4 demand

kermit is live at the bay bridge toll plaza tonight how does a look dan? starts under his belt is >> reporter: eastbound was heavy at and was happy earlier around 3:00 it was backed up pretty you want to be on the bridge before 715. or you will be diverted off and you will need to circle the bay. you will need reporting live the toll plaza with 90 minutes to go before the shutdown kron 4 news. >> reporter: for smart phones and tablet to confided in apple's app store and blackberry is app world. it is very easily and

very easy to use and at. right now, we have set up a special bay bridge clochard trial right on the home screen. when you click on the closure tile on the kron 4 mobile app you will see updates about the bay bridge closing. for up-to-the- minute news and information. also in this new strain will express how to get around using the ferries bus and other transportation methods. here's a cool thing. you can actually see the bridge is in real time for yourself. we have tapped for the golden gate bridge to the currency images from the bridge. side the app the

caltran construction aspect taking place during the closure from several different angles. gabe slate kron 4 news. >> pam: >> reporter: continuing our coverage of the bay bridge) closing says drivers are seen that they are trying to do what they can before that in o'clock hour to get out tried to get over that bridge not only before the in a clock tower but before what could be an early closure as early as 715 this evening. conceptus is goal kron4 new spirit >> reporter: the embarcadero

bart station passengers will notice an electronic sign letting them know about the 14 stations that are open including dublin and pleasanton including s f o and more. if you are planning to take bart please leave in extra time >> pam: the massive fire has grown to 192,000 a. in yosemite. the wildfire is now 30 percent contained and that figure is up from 23% this morning. >> reporter: homeless say firefighters official says that they are making progress focusing on the west side of the fire trying to contain it from moving

forward to other communities. they're also trying to keep the fire to the north of highway 120. there are points to close the open road for several days an order to assist with that effort. kron4 news. >> pam: kron 4 will be live at the clock

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>> pam: a live picture of the bay bridge of the old eastern span before the 8:00 shutdown. kron 4 will be like if o'clock tonight in will be back after this break.

>> reporter: back in 1989 you may remember the earthquake that expose the durability of the 50 ft. section of the bridge giving way they killed one woman. the damage could have been catastrophic to 51 minutes longer. it has no it has taken nearly quarter- century for a resolution. >> reporter: opening three years of four months later the cost about $78,000,000.10 and $3 million to that. two-way traffic on the top that an electric commuter trains on the lore that were removed in 1963 and eastbound traffic took their place.

october 17th 1929 the magnitude quake damage is the bridge in one month later the bridge reopens but a longer-term solution is covered. the cost of the retrofit is staggering. at $1.3 billion and may be cheaper to build a holding east span. >> reporter: 1997 governor pete wilson the governor responded if you want frills you pay for it occurred in the free-for-all began with a special committees and design competitions. all >> sudden everyone had an opinion of what the bridge was supposed to look like. >> reporter: sun designs run safe and talk of favoritism occurred. 1999 and to fight

on broken out with san francisco mayor willie brown when it came newbridge south of the presence spend so that it would not obstruct views from treasure island. the new governor gray davis turned down ground request for a new design competition. the impasse meanwhile the cost of the newbridge has doubled. finally on january 29, 2002 work began brett. >> reporter: he's replaced but arnold schwarzenegger in the bridges future is about to change again. that bid is double the estimate and the

governor states that the " is 5.1 billion in the bay area should pay the extra cost. the debate on for six months adding more to the cost. now the six now the cost is six times the old testament. >> reporter: even with the old boats that new span with temporary fixes it significantly safer during an earthquake than the current old eastern spanish stock stays the engineers. ♪

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>> so you have to coach a more or called chum last the last attack of player he is. >> reporter: how would you like it if you want to the opener against green bay inside huge banner of and rogers hanging on to the side of the stadium. baltimore quarterback joe fall by several stories high hanging on the broncos' credit. in fact, blanco but peyton manning did not care for it. he's never seen anything like it for a regular-season game to a block of fans like even

less and organizing a petition to remove the banner. good luck with that. meteoric.inserted by coach sustained a concussion. >> reporter:fans running on the field at sporting events has gottenthat stadium security actually have practice drills in place to prepare for it happening. >> reporter:heisman winner johnny manziel got a slap on the wrist today. the a's trying to make it three straight wins over the tigers giants on a little roll.winning four of their last five. >> reporter: you can read

all about it but also by the fall of john and selkirk, so he suspended the head of the budget and by this fall of john and sell. but not in san francisco.. behaing badly. >> reporter: then nothing as the central center derrick bart and will score his first rbi with a since been brought back. jet lari, to score and then it does break it open in to the fifth. the to run blast with the 23rd of the year hook 10 to one case and take a look at the score 14 to four with six rbis. that will be three straight wins over detroit

and they have activated brett and promoted fellow starter. he will pitch of the bullpen for now although the days are short on starters. the giants and colorado tied at monfort ending with highlights coming up at a clock. the dodgers outfielder may be the hottest thing going but that did not stop its own manager from managing him today and his game against the cubs. then in the fourth pemex slat flashy snatched catches. he makes the catches but i'm not sure what the problem man's spirit? he was replaced what

skip schumacher. schumacher gave him the best chance to win and i guess it worked and a bit and the mcdougals and 1. >> reporter: >> and hopefully if everything still on as planned i will turn professional after my sophomore year but i have everything in to john on fulfilling my degree year. >> reporter: the ninth time world champion his cause is quite a stir on cal campus. not on a freshman course the stars thursday she has not declared her major. she is one golden to team events in the olympic spirit and finally tonight a case of

for premature celebration had and brazil. he's running away with the army as triathlon but then he slows down-on at high-five's a fan pish and looking behind him is sprinting ego of glaring trickle is realizes was on and block some of the seal the victory. >> pam: and just about one hour in a clock the bay bridge will shut down and make the adjustment from the old east stand to be bridge. a brand eastern span. uc few cars moving on to the bridge will be the last ones. really a historic night and this changeover has been a long time coming.

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